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Thanksgiving retrospective
Apparently the answer to the question How long does it take to recover from Thanksgiving week? is...oh, until today. It was wonderful and filled with goodness. And--naturally!--I took hardly any pictures.
We made these fun wheat bundle placecards again:
And remembered to take a picture of the table only after the meal:
Here's an iphone shot of some of the people, around a table at Bertucci's the next day, though:
Some favorite/memorable moments:
Looking, heart filled, around the table at parents, children, husband, siblings, and family friends.
Singing rounds and alleluias by candlelight after dinner. Glorious!
Taking turns reading our gratitude notes, including creative items like junior mints, junior proms, the seasons, crying, the primary program, handwriting, cinnamon raisin toast, funny people, seminary, nail polish, kraken, netflix, and Cary Grant as well as beloved standards like family, food, books, home.
Spending an afternoon in Harvard Square: pizza, brass quartets playing Christmas carols, bookstore browsing, Christmas gift shopping.
Movies: Harry Potter 7, 127 Hours, Morning Glory, Tangled, & Sherlock Holmes.
Picking up naughty Louie from dog jail after he went missing for a few hours
Successful gravy. Juicy brined turkey. Failed blueberry pie.
Breakfast with my parents at the Colonial Inn
Hyggli conversation, music, laughter.
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And then, crashing with a head cold for three days after everyone went home.
It was worth it.
Welcome, December!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Reader Comments (5)
wasn't 127 Hours amazing? saw it this weekend too, very intense.
lovely lovely lovely. I love the singing.
My friend came home to the Penguin classics; a surprise from her incredibly thoughtful husband. Aren't they beautiful? I also love the wreath AND the place cards AND the journals AND the t-shirts AND the advent idea. I used to wrap books to open each day but they never looked that cute and at some point there were too many. Then I hid them for a treasure hunt each day...but there were too many. Now I pray we get through all of our Christmas books before the end of December. This post might provide some much-needed inspiration to regift our books to ourselves! - D
Sounds devine! Poor Louie-I'd love to hear that story...
Looks just heavenly.
And I am totally suffering from the cold, too! Funny how it holds off until everyone leaves. Thank goodness!